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There are many changes. Let me step back and make an organized table of what I have found between my 264 and 289 models.But off the top of my head here is a short list

+turning radius
+1 vs 2 piece windshield
+ 289 has L & R marked lug bolts with Budd wheels
+ visor folds flat on 264 but not 289
+ corner curvature of rear window
+

I ask as I am trying to sort out the pre-1930s cars as many of the accepted body-type numbers are quickly being found to be incorrect.

For the 326 model, there are three 5 person sedans: 221, 264, 289.

Some of the body types in parts book have two, but with a note that one number was used prior to engine a certain engine number, and another body type number after that engine number.

From the Six parts book: change to hypoid differential and driveshafts after elimination of torque arm, new style headlamps, different chassis lubricator, toe board etc…

Which happened in the March/April 1926.

So just trying to correlate if one of sedan body types is a result that change over. Which also begs the question about the third type.

Any assistance you can provide is most helpful.

Apologies for the long delay in responding....
I know nothing about the 221 model. I have both the 264 and 289.

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Thanks Bob!

I am still struggling to loosen my 326 engine.
I am attaching a figure from the Parts Book. Part#147889 has no description and I would like to understand what #111890 is. (Motor crankshaft starting crank jaw.)
I am hoping that someone who has assembled a similar engine can explain how the crank is connected to the crankshaft.

Any help is appreciated.

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To me it looks like a type of extention/socket. Perhaps the crank bolt goes through the middle of it, and the through the pulley and into the crank.

The end of that socket is the receiver for the crank handle.

The crank handle looks like it engaged the pin in the 120914 shaft, like what a lot of tractors used. The crank handle shaft, 120914, must have extended thru the car frame to toward the engine crankshaft. The 120914 shaft appears to have a ratchet or dog that would engage the 11890 part when the crank handle and shaft were pushed inward by the chauffeur to engage the ratchet to crank the engine. The 11890 must have been attached to the engine crankshaft in the center of the pulley. It looks like the crank handle was meant to be removed and stowed when not in use. I'd think there would have been one or more springs used in the assembly to keep the hand crank shaft away from the dog on the engine crankshaft and to prevent any rattle.